Hit & Stay documentary now available at the UMBC library!

A documentary by UMBC alumnus Joe Tropea and Skizz Cyzyk. On May 17, 1968, nine Catholic activists entered a Selective Service office in suburban Catonsville, Maryland, dragged stacks of draft...

Posted: February 10, 2015, 6:16 PM

Dr. Michelle Stefano in the City Paper

Henry Reisinger carves out a good life at Cross Street Mkt

Henry Reisinger looks up at the red neon sign, reading “E.M. Fenwick’s Choice Meats,” that hangs above his head. “Isn’t it beautiful,” he says. “It’s been in here since I worked here.” When his...

Posted: February 10, 2015, 2:38 PM

Paid internships with the Maryland Humanities Council!

Deadline: February 13

The Maryland Humanities Council seeks qualified university students or recent graduates for a part-time internship in Communications & Development for Spring 2015. The intern will work two...

Posted: February 10, 2015, 11:19 AM

Karen Cox interviews Prof. King in Pop South

Reflections on the South in Popular Culture

For this installment of Porch Talk, Pop South interviews Nicole King, Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, about her new book Sombreros and...

Posted: January 28, 2015, 5:06 PM

Arnold Prize for Outstanding Writing on Baltimore History

Revised Submission Deadline: February 16, 2015

Thanks to the generosity of the Byrnes Family In Memory of Joseph R. and Anne S. Byrnes the Baltimore City Historical Society presents an annual Joseph L. Arnold Prize for Outstanding Writing on...

Posted: January 28, 2015, 11:24 AM

The latest from the Assoc for Critical Heritage Studies

by Michelle Stefano

Happy 2015! I hope your holidays were good and relaxing. I am writing to keep the ball rolling with our US Chapter of ACHS, which did gain some momentum at the recent ACHS conference at the...

Posted: January 18, 2015, 3:57 PM

Professors King & Shewbridge receive Hrabowski Grant!

Nicole King (AMST) and Bill Shewbridge (MCS) were awarded a grant from the Hrabowski Innovation Fund for their project, Emerging Media Across the Curriculum. “Baltimore Stories” is a collaborative...

Posted: December 23, 2014, 3:13 AM

Dr King featured in the UK's Guardian

Murder mystery is not just a whodunnit; it's real life

The podcast phenomenon has shone a light on the outskirts of the city where residents, police and amateur sleuths live with the fallout from a 1999 killing.

Posted: December 8, 2014, 4:56 PM

Call for Applicants: 2015 Inst. for Critical Social Inquiry

With Talal Asad, Simon Critchley & Patricia Williams

The Institute for Critical Social Inquiry (ICSI) at the New School for Social Research is now accepting applications for Summer 2015 on a rolling basis. Each summer, we offer advanced graduate...

Posted: December 3, 2014, 12:05 PM